If death doesn't get you then life surely will - la vita è

If death doesn't get you then life surely will

Well, I finally made my great escape from Missouri. Chicago is just as boring as Kirksville, although I'm eating quite a bit more. Oh well.

I'm a materialistic person. So. Some particularly exciting things I received for Christmas:- The World's Writing Systems by Peter T. Daniels- two Russian newspapers and two Russian alphabet books for kids (e.g. "A is for Aardvark...")- iPod shuffle (yes, I am slightly behind the times)- new CDs by Beirut and Carrie Akre

My mother received Spoken Here by Mark Abley and season three of Project Runway. I will be borrowing those starting tomorrow.